I was just offered an interview with Colgan Air, Thru Regional Airline Academy. I was shocked to find out that PFT was $18,500.00 upfront. Hotel, Food and Beer are at your cost during training.
Also no pay during training. This price is for the B1900. Saab 340 is more. This was as of last Wednesday.
I did not take the course RAA is now offering I went to a CRM Jet sim course pre 9/11 and was to get an interview with Trans State or CoEx. This never happened, Due to post 9/11 layoffs etc.
At 44, with wife and kid, plus house payment, another $20,000 for flying is just too much for a low paying job half way across the country. I hope there is a flying job out before I'm to old, anyway good luck to those that choose this route, this just looks like the wrong one for me.